a band of states from eastern montana and the dakotas to wisconsin have been enduring windchill temperaturesnd places of 30 to 40 below zero. joining me for special report at 6:00 p.m. eastern. >> lauren: so it looks like it's not just point and click and buy this holiday season. retail sales rising last month. gotten unexpected surge in online sales but it turns out people were hitting the malls as well, especially the electronic stores. it was this a sign of better things to come for the traditional retailers? let's bring in our retail watchers. ladies, merry christmas. you have to admit, you guys were a little bit scared that some of your online purchases weren't going to arrive to be under the christmas tree today. you are little bit scared. >> here's the thing, i made all my purchases almost a month ago. so i think because of that and a lot of other online shoppers went ahead and did that. the fact of the matter is, 80% of people were shopping by the mobile devices. because of that and because it was so easy for people to shop, i think people, we had a more merry or christmas because th

western montana, idaho and eastern washington.ared territory south of us, to the west of us, the spokanes, to the north of us as well. from what i understand we had pretty good relationships. it wasn't perfect, but we had shared territories, shared resources. but from what i understand, there were skirmishes also. so there are times where we didn't get along. we had a very intelligent person within our tribe. his name was circling raven. we were told he was chief for 100 years and he was the last person in our tribe to live to be 150 years old. and he had a prophecy that stated that men with crossed sticks and long black robes would come to our people and teach us a new way of living because hardship was on the horizon. i guess the first thing that we witnessed european contact was not them specifically, it was the disease that came. smallpox, whooping cough, and some other diseases that came. when the diseases struck our tribe, we had about 5,000 people in our territory, and it struck our people two different waves. and 1842 when

western montana, idaho and eastern washington.erritory south of us, to the west of us, the spokanes, to the north of us as well. from what i understand we had pretty good relationships. it wasn't perfect, but we had shared territories, shared resources. but from what i understand, there were skirmishes also. so there are times where we didn't get along. we had a very intelligent person within our tribe. his name was circling raven. we were told he was chief for 100 years and he was the last person in our tribe to live to be 150 years old. and he had a prophecy that stated that men with crossed sticks and long black robes would come to our people and teach us a new way of living because hardship was on the horizon. i guess the first thing that we witnessed european contact was not them specifically, it was the disease that came. smallpox, whooping cough, and some other diseases that came. when the diseases struck our tribe, we had about 5,000 people in our territory, and it struck our people two different waves. and 1842 when fathe

western montana, idaho and eastern washington.erritory south of us, to the west of us, the spokanes, to the north of us as well. from what i understand we had pretty good relationships. it wasn't perfect, but we had shared territories, shared resources. but from what i understand, there were skirmishes also. so there are times where we didn't get along. we had a very intelligent person within our tribe. his name was circling raven. we were told he was chief for 100 years and he was the last person in our tribe to live to be 150 years old. and he had a prophecy that stated that men with crossed sticks and long black robes would come to our people and teach us a new way of living because hardship was on the horizon. i guess the first thing that we witnessed european contact was not them specifically, it was the disease that came. smallpox, whooping cough, and some other diseases that came. when the diseases struck our tribe, we had about 5,000 people in our territory, and it struck our people two different waves. and 1842 when fathe

eastern u.s. continuing into wednesday with windchills below zero in chicago and near zero in boston. 18 states from new york to montana facing dangerous windchill. and while here in d.c., it's expected to drop into the teens from the northern plains to the western great lakes, that windchill could get so low and so dangerous, the national weather service is warning you could get frostbite in less than ten minutes. serena marshall, abc news, washington. >>> well, two big lottery jackpots are up for grabs today and tomorrow. over the holiday weekend, there were no winners in either the mega millions or powerball drawings. their jackpots are worth more than $600 million combined. mega millions at $277 million, $377 million is on the line for tomorrow night's powerball. the odds of winning not great. the mega millions, 1 in 303 million, and for powerball about 1 in 292 million, but i've said it before and i'll say it again, someone needs to win in the end, am i right, you know? >>> tesla's lithium-ion battery saves the day and sets a new world record. we'll tell you how. >>> and is apple's iphone x just too pricey? a new

aboriginal territory, if you look at it today on a map, exceeds three states -- western montana, northern idaho, and easternn. and we shared territory to the south of us with another tribe. to the west of us was the spokanes. to the north of us was another. from what i understand we had pretty good relationships, and it wasn't perfect but we had shared territories, shared resources, but from what i understand there were skirmishes also. so there are times where we didn't get along. we had a very intelligent person within our tribe. his name is circling raven. and we are told that he was chief for 100 years and that he was the last person in our tribe to live to be 150 years old. and he had a prophesy that stated that men with crossed sticks and long black robes would come to our people and teach us a new way of living because hardship was on the horizon. i guess the first thing that we witnessed european contact was not them specifically. it was the disease that came. smallpox, whooping cough, and some other diseases that came. when the diseases struck our tribe, we had about 5,000 people in our territory.

a polling miss shane district that stretches from eastern delaware county to as far as i can southern montanan drawn by republicans for republicans. and it includes lots of communities with list else in common other than giving the gop just enough votes to hold the seat. now, left you think this complaint is purely partisan stick with me because the damage done by jerry mandering is more insidious than you might imagi imagine. by packing democrats into a handful of districts with lopsided majorities those democratic incumbents quic quicy get lazy entitled a insured a victory every two years. they have little incentive to work hard and stay in touch with their constituents. in philadelphia, for years democrats chaka fattah and bob brady were those all but guaranteed winners. now fattah sits in federal prison. convicted on numerous corruption charges. and brady believed by many to have engage in campaign shenanigans has federal agents sniffing around him like fox hounds on fire hydrant. i mention all of this because a challenge to pennsylvania's gerrymandering working its way through the courts

eastern parts of the u.s. that winter weather already causing problems in parts of the country. a blizzard in montana forcing drivers to abandon their cars after sliding off the roadway. and snow also being blamed for causing this 20-car pileup in michigan. meteorologist is joining us now to tell us what we can expect as we welcome 2018. adam? >> hey, there. one of the biggest stories is the temperatures that are spreading across the country. incredibly cold, arctic blast with current temperatures this is the northern plains talking about areas like north dakota, where temperatures are getting down into the negative 15 to negative 20 range. this is actual air temperature. if you add in the wind, that does make it feel even colder outside and take a look at some of these numbers, dropping down to the negative 30 range. in some cases getting up closer at international falls always one of the coldest spots close to negative 40 degrees -- 40 degrees at this point. all this cold air will settle in and we will see it more widespread across the east here in the next 24 to 36 hours. currently we are tracking

eastern texas back up through kentucky. snowing already in the higher elevations of montana, stretching back through the cascades. a storm system comes in off the pacific. heavy rain with localized downpours and flash flooding risks tonight into tomorrow, from kentucky, flashing to texas. interior ice in new england. with snow showers from the northern plains stretching back into idaho and into wyoming. through the day on saturday, next storm system impacts the coastline of the pacific northwest on sunday as well. how much snowfall, about a foot or more from upstate new york and across the interior of new england. 3 to 6 inch swath here from nebraska, stretching to the cascade mountains. and cold air comes in behind it. from sunday into christmas day with highs only running in the single digits on christmas morning. >> glad i'm staying on my sofa, danielle, thanks. >>> the holiday travel rush got off to a rough start this morning at dallas love field airport. a small fire forced the evacuation of the main terminal. after 45 minutes, passengers were allowed back in. but rescreening could cause delays. >> aaa says

montana to the northeast. that somewhere you should see white christmas. a lot of places out west dry. take a look at these temperatures by the way. it is really warm across the easterninstead of snow. later on today. buff we have a freezing round of rain that we are going to see freezing rain round that we will see across parts of new england. then rain moving in after that and then snow and a new coastal storm forms tomorrow. and that means we're going to be talking about some snow across interior sections for christmas eve and christmas day across parts of new england. that's good news, to get there now, we have big travel problems today all across really third ever the country. expect to see a lot of travel delays across airports. fast forward in towards your christmas day. things looking pretty good especially across the northeast. ideaidealic. pete: third of the country you you problem traveling 100 percent eat. rick: if they can eat john mac elmore's food coming out of the smoker and fryer. master built. what did you bring today. >> merry christmas. "fox & friends" has always been fantastic to our company and everybody back in columbus, georgia wanted to say t